Bottle-stopper



(Model.)

s. s. NEWTON BOTTLE STOPPER.

No.l 257,053. Patented ApLZS, 1882.

f Wllll I nya/17257" UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

STEPHENS. NEWTON, OF BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK.

BOTTLE-STOPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 257,053, dated April25, 1882.

Application filed June 16, 1831, (Model.)

To all whom zt may concern! Be it known that I, STEPHEN S. NEWTON, acitizen of the United States, residing at Binghamton, in the county ofBroome and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Bottle-Stoppers; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description ot' the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertansto makeanduse the same, reference being had to the accompanying draw- 4ings,and to letters or figures ot' reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

Figure lis a vertical section of a bottle-stopper containing myinvention. Fig. 2 is a similar section, showing a modication. Fig. 3 isa similar section, showing another modification.

In all the figures, A is .the discharging-tube through which thecontents of the bottle pass, and in Figs. 1 and 2 A is a flangeprojecting horizontally to cover the cork and mouth of the bottle. Theupper end of the discharging tube is provided with a centralenlargement, a3. In Fig. 1 the discharging-tubeis provided with anexternal screw-thread, a2, a short distance below the enlargement a3.

G O is an elastic hood or cap, the shirt C being ot' such size as tonecessitate its being expanded in order to vpass over the enlarged partc3 of the discharging-tube, the head C being adapted to fit closely7 theupper end of lthe discharging-tube.

Gis an internal] y-threaded cla m p rin g adapted to rise and fall uponthe portion a? of the discharging-tube. Inv Fig. 3 the dischargingtubeinformed in one piece with the bottle, either by blowing, spinning,casting it, or otherwise, according to the material from which thebottle is made. In Fig. 2 the ange A projects horizontally from theclamp-ring G, the lower part of which is screw-threaded internally andengages with a screw-thread, a2, formed on the lower part of thedischargingtube. In lall these constructions the lower end of the part Cof the hood is clamped tothe dischargingtube by means ol' ascrew-threaded ring or annulns.

I am aware that a hood having a flexible or elastic skirt has heretoforebeen clamped to an enlarged portion of a discharging-tube by means of ascrew-threaded ring or annulns; but in such earlier constructions theclampingrin g was applied between the upper or outer end of thedischarging-tube and its enlarged portion, and when being screwedagainst the flexible skirt of the hood moved away from the outer end ofthe discharging-tube and toward the bottle to which the device wasattached, and the ring could be easily detached from the dischargetubeby slipping it over its outer end, whereas in my construction theconditions are the reverse of those just recited, the clampin g-rin gbeing placed below the enlargment of the dischargingtnbe, and when beingforced against the iiexible skirt of the hood isinoved away from thebottle and toward the outer end of the discharging-tube. Further thanthis, my construction permits the employment of a clamping-ring of suchinternal diameter that when placed between the neck of the bottle andthe enlargement on the discharging-tube it the ring) cannot beaccidentally removed. Substantially the same result is obtained by theconstruction shown in Fig. 2, in which the lower part ofthe ring Gr isadapted to receive the cork, so that the ring and discharging-tubecanonly be separatedby screwing the discharging-tube entirely out of itsseat within the ring g, which is not liable to occur in the ordinary useand transIIortatiou of the bottle.

Vhat I claim is- R l. In a bottle-stopper, the co1nbination,"?-t\h thedischarging-tube having an enlargementf a3, anda hood O G,oftheclamp-ring G, adapted to move upward on the dischargingtube for thepurpose of clamping the hood and to be moved downward on said tube torelease the hood, substantially as set forth.

2. In abottle-stopper, the combination, with the discharging-tube andelastic hood, of the clamp-ring G, having a portion of its surface ofless diameter than the diameter of the enlargement a?, substantially asand for the purpose set forth.

" In testimony whereof I aiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

STEPHEN S. NEWTON.

Witnesses:

NERI PINE, AUGUSTUS BABcocK.

